House Speaker Paul Ryan and Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows squared off Wednesday in a tense discussion on the floor over immigration.

"It doesn't matter anymore," Meadows, the North Carolina Republican, told Ryan on the floor in comments that could be heard from the House press gallery, The Hill reports.

Meadows, in his third term, then told Florida GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo that he would sign a discharge petition backed by Democrats and some Republicans that would lead to votes on four immigration bills.